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Michael A. Pener has been a paralegal educator for over 21 years. In 1976 he developed the paralegal program at Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, and served as its director for many years. He is presently a full-time instructor of the program, teaching legal assistant courses covering ethics, legal interviewing and investigation, and many other subjects. He received his B.A. degree from the University of I, Missouri and his J.D. and L.L.M. degrees from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Mr. Pener has been active in the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) since its inception in 1981, and was its president in 198586. He conducted an extensive survey of paralegal education programs, with the results published in 1983 as the Survey of Legal Assistant Programs in the Journal of the American Association for Paralegal Education, Retrospective. In 1988 he produced the Paralegal/Legal Assistant Catalog published by the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS), which contains practical guides for skills required for entry-level paralegal and legal assistant positions. From 1992 to 1995 Mr. Pener was a member of the Approval Commission of the Standing Committee on Legal Assistants of the American Bar Association. With the assistance of paralegals, Mr. Pener has engaged in the practice of law in Kansas and Missouri for over 30 years.

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